repent Copy link Outline 1. poenĭtet, uit, 2 (impers.2. pĭget, uit and pĭgĭtum est, 2 (rare in this sense • repent: 1. poenĭtet, uit, 2 (impers.: constr. with acc. of the pers., and gen. of the cause of repentance: sometimes also with neut. pron., inf., or a clause: very rarely, and in infin. only, it is used pers.: v. Lat. Gram. § 241: it implies dissatisfaction, and has a wider acceptation than our word r.; cf. Gell. 17, 1): they who have not lived as they ought r. most of all at that time, eos qui secus quam decuit vixerunt tum maxime poenitet, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63: it is the characteristic of a wise man to do nothing he may r. of, sapientis est proprium nihil quod p. possit facere, id. Tusc. 5, 28, 81: he says he r.s of wounding your feelings, ait se p. quod animum tuum offenderit, id. Att. 11, 13: words not to be r.'d of, dicta non poenitenda, Gell. 1, 3: I do not r. this match, me haec conditio non poenitet, Pl. Stich. 1, 1, 52. Suppoenĭtet, 2 (to r. a little): he r.s a little of his madness, illum furoris s., Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1. 2. pĭget, uit and pĭgĭtum est, 2 (rare in this sense: very rarely with pers. subj.): to do a thing we may r. of, facere quod nos pigeat, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 21: cf. id. Heaut. prol. 19: he began to r. of the deed, p. eum facti coepit, Just. 12, 6. Phr.: to r., in poenitentiam verti, id. ib.; poenitentiam agere, Quint. 9, 3, 12: Vulg.: the king r.s too late, sera poenitentia subit regem, Curt. 3, 2, 19.